Perennials, erect, caespitose. Flowering culms 25.80 cm high. Leaves: basal leaf sheath margins glabrous; ligule a fringe of hairs, to 0.3 mm long; blade flat or convolute, linear, to 30 cm long, to 2 mm wide, with smooth margins. Inflorescences of spicate main branches, irregular, contracted and spiciform, 6.35 cm long; primary branches solitary, 2-nate, 3-nate or whorled, not whorled at the lowermost panicle node, equalling or longer than adjacent internodes, erect, spreading or appressed at apex of inflorescence, spikelet-bearing throughout, with spikelets loosely spaced and fairly even. Spikelets pedicellate, 1.5.1.8 mm long; pedicel 0.7.0.9 mm long. Glumes: lower glume ovate, 0.6.0.7 mm long, obtuse (frequently torn), without nerves; upper glume elliptic, at least half spikelet length, 0.9.1.1 mm long. Lemma lanceolate, 1.5.1.8 mm long, carinate, narrowly truncate, 1-nerved. Palea subequal to lemma, entire. Anthers 3, to 0.6.0.7 mm long. Grain oblong or obovate, quadrangular, to 0.9 mm long, to 0.6 mm wide, to 0.4 mm thick, reticulate, reddish brown. Embryo ±half as long as grain.
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